Afghan TV Stations To Stop Airing Shows With Women Actors

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities issued a new religious guideline that called on the country’s television channels to stop showing dramas and soap operas featuring women actors. <br />The Taliban also called on women television journalists to wear Islamic hijabs while presenting their reports. <br />The ministry asked the channels not to air films or programmes in which the Prophet Mohammed or other revered figures are shown. <br />It called for banning films or programmes that were against Islamic and Afghan values.